Wingspan Stride
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.
: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #11632
Wingspan Stride puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and gives it flying until end of turn — a combat trick and a permanent buff stapled together. In Kotis, the Fangkeeper builds where counters are the currency of the engine, the incremental growth is real value, not just window dressing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Kotis, the Fangkeeper wants counters distributed across creatures as fuel for its triggered abilities, and Wingspan Stride delivers one at instant speed while buying evasion to push through damage the same turn — two things the deck wants done in a single card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wingspan Stride is legal across every major format but sees essentially no play outside Commander, where incidental +1/+1 counter payoffs give it a reason to exist. In competitive formats like Modern or Legacy, a two-mana instant that only grows one creature by one counter doesn't move the needle — there are far more efficient pump spells and combat tricks available. In Commander it earns its slot specifically in counter-synergy decks, where the permanent buff compounds over time and the instant-speed flying can close out a game nobody expected you to win in combat. Outside that niche, leave it in the bulk box.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Wingspan Stride is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking about it. That price is stable by definition; there's no trajectory to watch on a common with this narrow a use case.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.